feat: add speciesist language rules to woke integration

[samtuckerdavis]

Feature Request

Context

MegaLinter already integrates woke for inclusive language scanning. We've created speciesist language rules for woke that extend its coverage to a new category of non-inclusive language.

Proposal

Include our speciesist language rules as an optional configuration in MegaLinter's woke integration, or document how users can extend the woke configuration with additional rule sets.

Available Tools

We've built speciesist language scanners for multiple tools that MegaLinter integrates or could integrate:

1. woke rules: PR #284 — community example config with 30+ speciesist language rules
2. Vale style package: Open-Paws/vale-speciesism — distributable via vale sync
3. GitHub Action: Open-Paws/speciesist-language-action — standalone CI action

Academic Foundation

• Hagendorff et al. (2023). "Speciesist bias in AI." AI and Ethics.
• Takeshita et al. (2022). Information Processing & Management.
• Leach et al. (2023). "Speciesism in everyday language." British Journal of Social Psychology.

Suggestion

The simplest integration would be documenting how MegaLinter users can extend their .woke.yaml with speciesist language rules. Alternatively, MegaLinter could ship our rules as an opt-in flavor or configuration option.

Happy to help with implementation.

[nvuillam]

@stuckvgn I don't find any integration of woke within MegaLinter

Is it a config for Vale ?

If so, you are welcome to update Vale documentation :)

Update linter_text in the descriptor, and then it will be propagated to generated doc pages :)

[samtuckerdavis]

Thanks @nvuillam — you're right, I mistakenly assumed woke was integrated. Appreciate the correction.

Since MegaLinter already integrates Vale, that's actually a cleaner path. We have a distributable Vale style package for speciesist language rules: Open-Paws/vale-speciesism

Users can install it via vale sync and add it to their .vale.ini — no changes to MegaLinter core needed.

Happy to submit a PR updating the Vale linter_text in the descriptor to mention that additional style packages like speciesism rules are available via the Vale Package Hub / community packages. Would that be the right scope for a contribution here?